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Kentucky Cycle

Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize, this sweeping
epic of three families in eastern Kentucky spans 200 years
of American history from 1775 to 1975. Fast-paced and finely
drawn, Schenkkan's stunning six-hour, nine-play cycle examines
the myths of the American past which have created, for better
or for worse, the country we are today.

"There are nine plays in all -- each written with the
kind of impassioned economy which immediately evokes memories
of Sophocles and Euripides, short, taut, bloody actions which
sparingly recreate the evil, mayhem, and retribution which
permeates each of these two turbulent evenings." --TheaterWeek.